Season 2 Episode 3 airing on WFIR 107.3 in SW VA and 94.5 (Botetourt). This week on Appalachian Vibes: The Roanoke born Celtic duo called Kinnfolk. A Christian Southern rock singer-songwriter, Thomas Thurman, and Mac Walker, the brains behind Mac Walker & the Machine. Kinnfolk performed their music throughout our interview at Fret Mill Music Co in Roanoke, VA a couple of months ago. Their nomination came from another App Vibes alum, Caleb Michael Settje. If you remember wayyyy back to the first episode, I interviewed Caleb back in Feb of 2021. Check out that episode here:https://appalachianvibes.net/1-episode-1-jojo-stockton-stuart-brown-and-caleb-michael-settje/Kinnfolk is comprised of Julie Kinn and Josh Kinn. They met and fell in love surrounding the Irish music sessions they attended while Julie was learning how to play. Josh is a very accomplished string player, together they perfectly blend the Celtic music with Appalachian roots music. Julie and Josh were recently married a couple of weeks ago. The first song they perform is called The Borden Set. Borden being Julie's maiden name, every tune in the set was a beautiful homage to parts of their relationship. It's completely instrumental, but the description Josh gives after the song really shows how much thought went into creating a scene. If you read this before you listen, what do you imagine when they're playing? The second song is Roll the Ol Chariot" a traditional Maritime song. The third song is Danny Boy, the classic, inspiring (thought to be Irish) song written in 1910 by  Frederic Weatherly.Thomas Thurman was my second guest. He was a guest on the show at the end of April when unforeseen circumstances led the show to being taken off air. But you know what we do around here? You know what we do when people try to sabotage our good work? We kick ass and recognize no matter what obstacles lie in our path, YOUR voice deserves to be heard. These artists voices, their stories, their songs, deserve to be on air. So we pivoted. And now we're on a station 10 times bigger than the last one:) So, bligity blam. We leveled up guys. Sometimes when you're hit with an obstacle, like Appalachian Vibes being thrown off a radio station suddenly and without warning, you have to recognize it for what it is. You will attract what you align with. Hey it was a good start, but our business ethics standards weren't being met by the old staton, and they kicked us off. I happened to be in the Gauntlet competition. Appalachian Vibes Radio Show from WNCW is listener nominated, you can nominate an artist by emailing Amanda at [email protected]. Appalachian Vibes Radio Show is created and produced by Amanda Bocchi, a neo soul singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist and journalist hailing from the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

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